People see you as an object, not as a person, and they project a set of expectations onto you. People who don't have it think beauty is a blessing, but actually it sets you apart.

Quote by Candice Bergen

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But when I disappeared, it sort of pissed me off, that guys get to go...

But when I disappeared, it sort of pissed me off, that guys get to go...

I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my...

I admit that Post-it note sheets that adhere to virtually any surface are now my...

Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to...

Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement, it's rather frightening and threatening to...

It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once...

It's not just in Hollywood that women run the risk of being passed by once...

But it was hard to leave because the show's been so important in our lives.

But it was hard to leave because the show's been so important in our lives.

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

Self-acceptance has been a blessed by-product of middle age.

I have never savored life with such gusto as I do now.

I have never savored life with such gusto as I do now.

Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing...

Men say they love independence in a woman, but they don't waste a second demolishing...

Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior.

Beauty set up distance between other people and me. It warped their behavior.

Memory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly.

Memory is the first casualty of middle age, if I remember correctly.

I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest...

I guess I was a mom so late in life, my daughter was the greatest...

I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably...

I didn't have a financial need, and I wasn't very gifted at relationships. I probably...

At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in...

At an age when most actresses are being phased out, I am being phased in...

It's impossible to be more flat-chested than I am.

It's impossible to be more flat-chested than I am.

When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't...

When are you going to realize that if it doesn't apply to me it doesn't...

Glamorized... am I glamorous?

Glamorized... am I glamorous?

I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought...

I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought...

I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should...

I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should...

I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.

I believe a lot in monogamy, let me tell you.

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.

Dreams are, by definition, cursed with short life spans.